Garment hanger



M. DALLOZ GARMENT HANGER June l, 1943.

Filed July 2l, 1941 INVENTOR. /I/Amzfw 0,40z,

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\ fromme-y Patented June 1, 1943 UNITED STATES PATENT GFFICE 4 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment hanger and it is one object of the invention to provide a hanger so constructed that it may be used for suspending a garment from a clothes line, the hanger being provided with a tongue of such length that itmay be engaged about the clothes line and secured by a clothes pin.

Another object of the invention is to provide the hanger with a cover serving as a padding for the hanger and also as a carrier for the tab or tongue, by means of Which the hanger is suspended from the clothes line.

Another object of the invention is to provide a. clothes hanger which may be suspended from a clothes line or from. a hook or bar in a closet.

Another object of the invention is to provide the hanger with a suspending hook which is detachably mounted and may be easily applied to the hanger or removed therefrom.

Another object of the invention is to provide the hanger with a cover having pockets in which moth balls or the like may be placed to repel moths when a fur coat or cloth garment is placed upon the hanger and put away in a closet.

, Another object of the invention is to provide a garment hanger which is simple in construction, cheap to manufacture, and very convenient when used.

In the accompanying drawing:

Fig. 1 is a front elevatio-n of the improved garment hanger.

2 is a sectional view on the line 2--2 of Fig. l.

` Fig. 3 Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary view showing the hook thrust through an opening in the jacket of the hanger. 1

Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a modified form of hanger.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of another modied form of hanger. l

Fig. 7 is a sectional view on the line 'I--l of Fig. 6.

Fig. 8 is a view showing still another modiiied form of hanger suspended from a clothes line.

The garment hanger illustrated in Figs. l through 4, has a bar I which is of wood and is curved longitudinally to conform to the shape of the shoulders of a coat hung upon the hanger. This bar is enclosed in a jacket or casing 2 formed of thick. soft fabric having front and rear plies 3 and 4 sewed together by lines of stitching 5, certain of the lines of stitching along the upper portion of the casing being spaced from each is a sectional view on the line 3--3 of other to provide a pocket 6 which extends the full length of the upper edge portion of the casing and is open at one end so that the bar I may be thrust into place within the pocket. Snap fasteners I are provided for releasably holding this open end of the pocket closed and preventing the bar from slipping longitudinally out of its proper position Within the pocket. Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that double portions of the plies forming the casing are extended upwardly therefrom midway the Width of the hanger and form a tab B of quadruple thickness. This tab is soft and of such length that it may be disposed vertically and engaged over a. clothes line and secured by clothes'pins to suspend the hanger from the line. In addition, it is desired to allow the hanger to be hung from 'da hook in a closet by means of the tongue. Therefore, the tongue is formed with a slot 9 similar to a buttonhole and of such length that a hook, such as is used in closets, may be engaged through the hole and the hanger detachably suspended from the hook. Further, it is desired to allow the hanger to be suspended from a horizontally extending rod or bar in a closet. To do this, there has been provided a hook It] of stiff Wire and which has the lower end portion of its shank II threaded for engagement in an internally threaded socket I 2 mounted in the bar I midway the length thereof and open at its upper end. When the bar is disposed Within the pocket 6 of the casing, the socket I2 registers with an opening I3 formed at the center of the pocket and the shank of the hook may then be passed inwardly through the opening I 3 and screwed into the socket.

When the hook is not' in use, its shank is passed through the opening I3 longitudinally of the bar I and removably supported as shown in Fig. 4. The hanger is then suspended from the clothes line or other overhead support by means of the tongue. Sheets I4, which may be of double thickness and padded and reinforced with quilting stitches, are sewed along their margins to the casing, in front thereof, and these sheets cooperate with the front ply of the casing to form pockets I5 to receive moth balls or the like to repel moths and prevent damage to coats hung upon hangers of the improved construction' and put away in a closet. The pockets I5 are open at their inner ends for insertion of the moth vballs and lower portions of their inner ends are sewed to the casing by stitches I7 in order to close these lower portions of the inner ends of the pockets and prevent the moth balls from dropping out of the pockets during handling of the hanger.

In Fig. 5 of the drawing, there has been illustrated a hanger having a straight bar I8 enclosed in the pocket I9 of a casing 20 which is preferably formed of quilted fabric having front and rear plies sewed to each other by lines of stitching to form a casing of double thickness and also form the pocket I9 along the top of the casing. This pocket is open at one end to permit insertion of the bar I8 and, after the bar has been inserted, the open end of the pocket is closed by a small snap fastener 22. The tongue 23 is formed from a separate strip of fabric folded to provide a double thickness, and the lower end of the tongue is sewed to the casing midway the length of the pocket I9. This tongue is formed with an elongated opening 24 corresponding to the hook receiving opening 9 and, midway its length, the pocket is formed with an opening to receive the shank of a hook 25 corresponding to theA hook I and either screwed directly into the bar I8 or into a threaded socket carried by the bar.

In Figs. 6l and 7, there is illustrated another modiedform of hanger. In this embodiment of the invention, the bar 26 is curved longitudinally and disposed within a similarly curved pocket 21 along the upper edge of the casing 28. The casing is formed of soft fabric of double thickness and the tongue 29, which is formed with an elongated opening 38, is also of double thickness and formed integral with the upper edge of the casing, as shown in Fig. 7. The bar 26 is inserted in the pocket through an open end thereof and the end of the pocket then closed by snap fasteners 3|. This form of hanger is not provided with a hook for suspending the hanger from a bar or rod in a closet, the tongue being alone depended upon for suspending the hanger from a clothes line or from a hook'in a closet. I

Instead of using a curved bar, a straight bar may be employed. Such a construction is shown in Fig. 8, wherein the bar is indicated by the numeral 32. This bar is thrust into the pocket 33 of the casing 34 through the open end of the pocket which is then closed by means of the snap fastener 35. A tongue 36 corresponding to the tongue 29 extends upwardly from the casing midway the length of the pocket and formed with an opening 3I so that the hanger may be suspended from a hook in a closet or the tongue engaged over a clothes line 38 and secured by clothes pins 39.

In each embodiment of the invention there has been provided a soft fabric casing formed along its top with a pocket to receive a-rigid bar which is thrust into the pocket and secured therein by a snap fastener at the open end of the pocket, the casing being provided, midway the length of the pocket, with a soft tongue of a length and width adapting the tongue t0 be secured about a clothes line by clothes pins, and the tongue being formed with a longitudinally extending opening for receiving a hook when the hanger is to be suspended from a'hook in a closet. The hanger illustrated in Figs. l through are not only provided with a tongue for suspending the hanger from an overhead support but also with a removable hook having a shank passed inwardly through an opening midway the length of the pocket and screwed into engagement with the bar.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. A garment hanger comprising a casing of soft pliable material having front and rear plies secured together alon'g their margins and in spaced relation to their upper edges to provide a pocket extending across the top of the casing and open at one end, a tongue of soft pliable material carried by said casing midway the length of the pocket and of a length adapting it to be secured about an overhead support, said tongue being formed with an elongated opening for engagement about a supporting hook, a bar removably fitted into the pocket through the open end thereof, sheets secured along their margins to the front ply of the casing and forming pockets open at their inner ends and constituting receptacles for anti-vermin substances, stitching closing lowerA portions of the open inner ends of the pockets, and a suspending hook having a threaded shank passed through an opening in the casing and removably carried by the bar.

2. A garment hanger comprising a fabric casing having a pocket along its top, a bar enclosed in the pocket, sheets of fabric secured along their marginal portions to ends and upper and lower marginal portions of the casing and together withl the casing forming pockets closed at their outer ends and open at their inner ends and constituting receptacles for anti-vermin material, and means closing lower portions of inner ends of the receptacles to form barriers for retaining said,-

material within the pockets. A

3. A garment hanger comprising a fabric casing having front and rear plies stitched together.

in spaced relation to the upper ends thereof to form a pocket and an apron depending therefrom, the pocket being closed along its top and bottom and open-at one end, a fabric tongue for suspending the hanger from a clothes line located midway the length of the upper edge of the pocket and being of dimensions adapting it to be folded over a clothes line and detachably secured thereto, a bar removably tted into the pocket through the open end thereof and extending substantially the full length of the pocket, means for releasably holding the open end of the pocket closed, and sheets extending longitudinally of.

said apron from opposite ends thereof and secured along their edges to form pockets having openings at their inner ends spaced upwardly from lower edges of the sheets to provide barriers 1 and closed at-their outer ends andl along their upper and lower edges but having upper portions of their inner ends open to provide inlets and lower portions of their inner ends closed to form" barriers for retaining material in the materialreceiving pockets.

MAGDALEN DALLOZ. 

